{"id":159503,"date":"2018-12-06T07:35:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T13:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=159503"},"modified":"2018-12-06T07:35:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T13:35:56","slug":"permit-denied-wind-farm-near-bismarck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=159503","title":{"rendered":"Permit denied, wind farm near Bismarck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-124184\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WindTurbines1-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WindTurbines1-300x202.jpg 300w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WindTurbines1-260x175.jpg 260w, http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WindTurbines1.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Planning commissioners have denied a permit for a controversial wind farm near Bismarck.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 citizens attended a four-hour meeting Wednesday when the Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission heard passionate testimony from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago-based Pure New Energy USA wants to construct about 70 turbines in southern Burleigh County. The 250-megawatt Burleigh-Emmons Wind Farm, which would be located about 15 miles southeast of Bismarck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bismarcktribune.com\/news\/local\/permit-denied-for-burleigh-emmons-wind-project\/article_74a54a36-ee95-5d93-b1dd-bd2ef91e3a0b.html\">The Bismarck Tribune<\/a> says opponents raised questions about the turbines&#8217; impact on wildlife, health and property values. Supporters of the project emphasized the new jobs it would create and other economic benefits to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Telfer Township and Emmons County must also decide whether or not to issue special use permits for the wind farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Planning commissioners have denied a permit for a controversial wind farm near Bismarck. More than 500 citizens attended a four-hour meeting Wednesday when the Burleigh County Planning and Zoning Commission heard passionate testimony from both sides. Chicago-based Pure New Energy USA wants to construct about 70 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":124182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159504,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159503\/revisions\/159504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/124182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}